Articles | Volume 12, issue 21
https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-12-6321-2015
https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-12-6321-2015
Research article
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05 Nov 2015
Research article |  | 05 Nov 2015

Natural variability in the surface ocean carbonate ion concentration

N. S. Lovenduski, M. C. Long, and K. Lindsay

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We investigate variability in surface ocean carbonate chemistry using output from a 1000-year control simulation of an Earth System Model. We find that the detection timescale for trends is strongly influenced by the variability. As the scientific community seeks to detect the anthropogenic influence on ocean carbonate chemistry, these results will aid the interpretation of trends calculated from spatially and temporally sparse observations.
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